New Skateboard Park Will Be Constructed on Wednesday, September 10th – Killion Assails Cronin’s Slow Pace

Ridgewood Parks & Recreation Director Tim Cronin announced at last night’s Village Council Work Session that the long-awaited skateboard park will be installed between the Lester Stable and Graydon Pool on Wednesday, September 10th.

In response to Cronin’s official announcement, Deputy Mayor Keith D. Killion joked that the youths who originally proposed such a facility were now all out of college and starting families. He suggested that this project took way too long and encouraged Cronin to move much, much faster in the future.

Killion, along with Councilwoman Anne Zusy, also blasted Cronin’s failure to expeditiously make Habernickel Park available to members of the public except for the current multi-purpose field and parking lot. Killion and Zusy both referred to the lack of progress at Habernickel as an “embarrassment” that would no longer be tolerated. Said Killion: “For $8 million, taxpayers should be getting more bang for their buck.”